[Alter Kaker]

A $200+ billion tax hike from the GOP. Thanks Mitch!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

These friggin’ Replicant morons were given a majority by “we the people” to repeal the goddam thing! We need to give the majority back to the dems. At least the stabbing won’t be in the back!

[wiseprince]

Voting doesn’t actually make a difference...

[Mase]

This is what happens when you have horses asses like Murkowski and Collins in your party. The stupid party is doing stupid things. Surprise.

[NormsRevenge]

WE are witnessing an all out assault on the very core of this nation and its economy, its people, healthy or not..

and both parties seem to be OK with that as they continue their tedious games.. a pox on all of them.

[Buckeye McFrog]

A party with no principles and no courage.

[SoFloFreeper]

Let’s see what happens. This is a bad idea, but if the Senate passes something, there is a chance to correct the error in conference.

[publius911]

Those two tax increases generate nearly $231 billion in revenue over a decade, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Leaving them in place could create a way to cover the costs of expanded Medicaid coverage for the poor or other programs demanded by holdout moderate Republicans.

I question the judgement of anyone who insists on mixing politics and charity.

Continuing to try is the very definition of insanity.

[Republican Wildcat]

A $200+ billion tax hike from the GOP. Thanks Mitch!

So not changing existing tax rates one way or the other - neither increased nor decreased - is a "tax hike from the GOP." Please just stick to the facts...the reality is bad enough as it is without depicting it as even worse than it is.

If we can get rid of most of the rest of this law that will be well worth keeping in place if that is truly what it takes. Granted, there is not much reason for optimism given how 'well' things have gone so far.

[neverevergiveup]

All elected federal office holders, House, Senate, President, should be required by law to pay taxes at the highest assessed rate, irrespective of what they make and what they’re worth. No deductions! None. A few years of this and they will be lining up to pass legislation reducing taxes.

[Caipirabob]

THE GOP CAN SMA!

[Caipirabob]

THE GOP CAN SMA!

[Neoliberalnot]

This means that Obamas giant welfare increase is still left partially standing. Historians will credit this Marxist Muslim pig as somehow a creator of benevolence.

[ironman]

Tax and Spend. Tax and Spend. A giant transfer of wealth. Have they learned nothing?

[Chauncey Gardiner]

One of these days republicans will have the majority in the senate....

[LeeClementineKenny]

I don't know much about these health care bills, but the fact is we never get rid of these entitlement programs once they are created. It's not going to be completely repealed. There will have to be either some kind of compromise on a new bill or keeping Obamacare. That's the reality of the situation. We aren't going to get everything we want. That's the problem with entitlement programs getting passed to begin with.

I'm not defending this particular bill because as I said before I haven't studied any of these health care bills. I would like to ask those of you who are more knowledgeable about this issue, what is the best bill we can realistically get passed at this time?

[Jane Long]

#Fire32YearMitch

[unixfox]

Same ole, same ole.

And they wonder why we despise them so much.

[Varsity Flight]

“Hey, here’s what we’ll do. Craft (crafty) a bill, making sure have at least 4 dissenters first, thus knowing it will fail, keep our insurance companies bribe moneys and bribe campaign contributions, and fool the voters not realizing they have body mortgages, collaterlized and bundled, for our own and public pensions.”